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Even with new additions, Rays’ bats quiet again in loss to Blue Jays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Maybe the Rays should have traded for more hitters.

Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022

‘All you see is a broken family’: Parkland victims’ families tell jurors about how mass shooting ripped apart their lives

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The deepest wounds of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School don’t show up on surveillance video, crime scene photos or autopsy pictures of the 17 who were slain.

Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022

Family of 5 found dead at Orlando home in apparent murder-suicide, police say

ORLANDO, Fla, — A family of five, including two children, have been found dead at an Orlando home in an apparent murder-suicide, the Orlando Police Department said Tuesday.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 3, 2022

With second-year leap expected from Jaelan Phillips, Dolphins figure to have fierce pass rush

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Jaelan Phillips has the potential to become a star pass rusher in his second season. Emmanuel Ogbah is fresh off his new long-term contract. Melvin Ingram was the big defensive acquisition in the offseason. And don’t forget about Andrew Van Ginkel.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Florida insurance firms, not homeowners, reap benefit of $2 billion taxpayer-financed fund

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nearly five dozen Florida companies have submitted plans to tap into a $2 billion taxpayer-financed plan designed to shore up the struggling property insurance industry that would only save homeowners about 1% to 3% on their annual premiums.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 1, 2022

Pinellas Jail on lockdown again due to COVID outbreak

TAMPA, Fla. — The Pinellas Jail is on lockdown until Aug. 22 due to a COVID-19 outbreak, a Pinellas County Sheriff’s spokesperson said Monday.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Vice President Harris visits South Florida to tout $1 billion plan for climate-related disasters

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris flew to South Florida on Monday to talk up a $1 billion Biden administration program to help deal with the growing intensity of hurricanes, wildfires, extreme heat and other disasters that threaten communities nationwide.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

‘Now It’s Legal’: NIL pits Gators legends Spurrier, Carr on opposite sides

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Steve Spurrier tried to tell everyone but few listened.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 1, 2022

Disney World, Universal visitors find emotional support and fun doing scavenger hunts

ORLANDO, Fla. — On a scorching July afternoon in Orlando, Danette Goad walked around Universal Studios with a backpack full of rocks.

Orlando Sentinel · Aug 1, 2022

A look inside Florida’s hospitals as the newest COVID wave sweeps through the state

BOCA RATON, Fla. — At West Boca Medical Center, Dr. Cory Harlow sees patients coming into the emergency department with many of the same symptoms they complained of during the early days of COVID in Florida: pneumonia, high fever and shortness of breath,

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022